Indigenous language skills and the labor market in a developing economy: Bolivia

“Future skills” increase employees’ prospects in the labor market, particularly in dynamic times, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. (Not only) in Germany, flight attendants represent an occupational group without state-recognized vocational occupation who are particularly affected by the pandemic due to serious and long-lasting declines in air transport volumes. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the future skills of flight attendants play an important role when applying for jobs in other industries. An empirical survey (n = 273) from April 2021 indicates that German-speaking flight attendants possess some of the future skills most frequently identified in key studies on future competencies, as well as extensive language skills, but have deficits in “working with computer systems” and “programming”. Pro-active training of employees in future skills, especially in crisis-prone professions, could facilitate future transitions into new professional fields.

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Job Hunting Experiences of Bicultural Students in Japan

Transcultural Marketing for Incremental and Radical Innovation - Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4749-7.ch007 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 122-146

Author(s):

Brigitte Pickl-Kolaczia

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

University Students ◽

Main Part ◽

Language Skills ◽

Cultural Perspective ◽

Application Process ◽

Japanese University ◽

Japanese Students ◽

Job Application ◽

The Subject

The subject of this chapter is the Japanese job application process from the perspective of half-Japanese university students. The chapter first introduces the reader to the Japanese labor market and the topic of biculturals in general and hafu (half-Japanese) in Japan in particular. The main part of the chapter is an empiric study consisting of interviews with five half-Japanese students in various stages of the process of finding a job after graduation. In addition to possessing multiple language skills, biculturals benefit from a broader cultural perspective, which might be assumed to be an advantage when seeking a job. However, hafu are often viewed as outsiders wherever they go due to their being different. This chapter aims to show the difficulties hafu encounter as well as the benefits from which they profit.

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